Identification of testis-relevant genes using in silico analysis from testis ESTs and cDNA microarray in the black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon)

Table 1 Distribution of species that the testis ESTs were matched to known transcripts in the database using BlastX

Common taxonomy	Phylum	Frequency (#seq)	Percent	Species	Phylum	Frequency (#seq)
arthropods	Arthropoda	753	65.6	Tribolium castaneum	Arthropoda	90
chordates	Chordata	240	20.9	Nasonia vitripennis	Arthropoda	85
plants	Streptophyta	45	3.9	Apis mellifera	Arthropoda	75
sea urchins	Echinodermata	32	2.8	Pediculus humanus	Arthropoda	66
cnidarians	Cnidaria	29	2.5	Branchiostoma floridae	Chordata	65
segmented worms	Annelida	7	0.6	Ixodes scapularis	Arthropoda	56
molluscs	Mollusca	5	0.4	Penaeus monodon	Arthropoda	55
nematodes	Nematoda	4	0.3	Triticum aestivum	Streptophyta	38
placozoans	Placozoa	4	0.3	Strongylocentrotus purpuratus	Echinodermata	30
apicomplexans	Apicomplexa	4	0.3	Acyrthosiphon pisum	Arthropoda	29
ascomycetes	Ascomycota	2	0.2	Anopheles gambiae	Arthropoda	26
ribbon worms	Nemertea	1	0.1	Aedes aegypti	Arthropoda	22
trichomonads	Trichomonadida	1	0.1	Danio rerio	Chordata	21
kinetoplastids	Kinetoplastida	1	0.1	Marsupenaeus japonicas	Arthropoda	21
others		19	1.7	Nematostella vectensis	Chordata	18
Total		1,147		Litopenaeus vannamei	Arthropoda	17
				Xenopus laevis	Chordata	17
				Culex quinquefasciatus	Arthropoda	16
				Gallus gallus	Chordata	16
				Lepeophtheirus salmonis	Arthropoda	13
				Salmo salar	Chordata	12
				Ornithorhynchus anatinus	Chordata	11
				Hydra magnipapillata	Cnidaria	10
				others		338
				Total		1,147

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